Melaka
(2002 est. pop. 635,000). The state of Melaka (or Malacca in English) is located on the southwest corner of Peninsular Malaysia. Covering some 1,600 square kilometers in area, the state is prim...
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Kuala Lumpur (dpa) - Malaysia's deputy prime minister Najib Razak
on Tuesday called on countries plying the Malacca Strait to increase
their support and aid towards maintain...
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Security along the Malacca Strait will be further strengthened
when 10 new radar systems are fully installed by next year along the
eastern coast of Indonesia's Sumatra Island, a top Indonesi...
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China is emerging as a key player in keeping the Malacca Strait,
one of the world's busiest sealanes, safe for shipping and
pollution-free, officials said Thursday.
China has committed to ...
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Malaysia broke ground Thursday to mark the start of construction
of a 1.4 billion-ringgit oil terminal ($406 million) along the busy
Strait of Malacca -- a move that is widely seen to develop...
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Singapore (dpa) - International assistance is needed to enhance
safety and security in the vital Malacca and Singapore Straits, the
secretary of the International Maritime O...
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Three Southeast Asian countries along the Malacca Strait are on
the verge of launching a scheme to urge user states to share the
burden of maintaining safety and security in one of the world'...
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Japanese operated ships have been targeted by pirates in
Southeast Asia this year, but most of the attacks were foiled,
according to recent data compiled by a piracy monitoring center in
Sin...
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Indonesia's defense minister urged China, Japan and South Korea
on Sunday to provide technical assistance to help the Indonesian navy
boost its capacity to fight piracy in the Strait of Malac...
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Malaysia will begin construction of two oil refinery plants and
a pipeline cutting across northern Malaysia in August, a project that
will offer an alternative to the Malacca Strait in transp...
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Introduction of PC, IT still slow pace: survey
TOKYO - Introduction of personal computers and computer networks
at public primary and secondary schools in Japan remained slower t...
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Melaka
Malaysia asks user nations to help maintain Malacca Strait security
